Call for Papers: North Africa in the Vortex of the War on Terror, 11/06

Call for Papers - North Africa in the Vortex of the 'War on Terror'

ACAS Bulletin #75 [Association of Concerned Africa Scholars]

Contact: Jesse Benjamin, editor, jbenjam2@kennesaw.edu; or Fouzi Slisli, guest co-editor, fouzislisli@stcloudstate.edu

Deadline: November 25, 2006

We are collecting short scholarly and review essays that critically address our subject matter in the broadest sense, particularly those that relate these issues to US foreign policy in Africa. This issue of the ACAS Bulletin is devoted to North Africa and the "War on Terror." We are particularly interested in analyzing the US foreign policy implications of recent Middle East activities as they are manifested in North Africa.

How is the US war on terror affecting North African states in terms of intelligence gathering, political pressures, and military expenditure? How is the framing of Islam as an "enemy" of the West affecting public opinion, state politics, and inter-state dynamics in North Africa? How is the US war on terror affecting the economies of North Africa? How is it affecting civil rights and liberties? What were the reactions of North African states and civil societies to the invasion of Iraq and the US "war on terror"? To what extent are North African states cooperating with the US in its campaign against militant Islam, and how? How is the US "war on terror" affecting North Africa's relationship with its European neighbors in the north and its African neighbors in the south? How are real or invented ethnic or racial social cleavages in and beyond North Africa manipulated or factored into current social realities? To what extent are North African states threatened by militant Islam! ?

These and any related questions will guide this special issue, and contributions are appreciated from scholars, activists and students alike.

We are open to any creative engagements of our theme, and require only that they address, in some part, the central purpose of ACAS -- the analysis and critique of US foreign policy in Africa -- although this need not be central to each piece. A wide range of critical, even controversial perspectives is welcome. Most essays will be short, ranging between 1000 and 3000 words in the body of the text. Contact the editors for further information.

Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2006
From: "Benjamin, Jesse J. " <jjbenjamin@stcloudstate.edu>

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